Rough justice demands that I take the laws into my own hands

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Truss considers her options from a variety of dire situationsTimes photographer,Marc Aspland

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She is safe in the knowledge that no penalties will apply because she has already fallen foul of the dress codeTimes photographer,Marc Aspland

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As we all know, the rules are very important in golfTimes photographer,Marc Aspland

Published at 12:01AM, July 18 2013

Inspired by a virtual quiz on the hazards of playing Muirfield, Lynne Truss goes decidedly off course after waiving the rules

If there is one thing I cannot resist, it’s a multiple-choice quiz. And here
at Muirfield, where the 142nd Open Championship is about to commence, they
have developed an online multiple-choice quiz on the rules of golf that I
can wholeheartedly recommend. In the form of a photo picture story, the quiz
concerns two hapless golfers — Kevin and Shona — who play the course at
Muirfield and fall foul of the rules at every single hole.

To a golf outsider, Shona and Kevin’s run of extreme bad luck vis-à-vis the
rules of golf might seem a bit far-fetched, but, in fact